Mechanical release device for unmanned aerial vehicle drop-payload

US12312085B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Performance Drone Works LLC · US

Inventors

• Dylan Thomas Hamm · Boise, US
• Adam Daigler Wetzel · Huntsville, US
• Florent Arnoux · Jersey City, US
• Taylor Reed Schoonover · Cologne, US
• Matthew A. Hernandez · Princeton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 18, 2023
• Grant date: May 27, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64U2201/20
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mechanical release device includes a quick-release UAV-attachment mechanism to attach the UAV mechanical release device to a UAV and a payload latch mechanism to secure and release a drop-payload from the UAV mechanical release device. A latch actuator is connected to the payload latch mechanism to move the payload latch mechanism between a closed position and an open position to release the drop-payload.